A side-by-side look at the Agent C — App Store Screenshots and PDF Reader MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Agent C — App Store Screenshots for developer tools work; choose PDF Reader MCP for developer tools as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
AGENTC_KEY, AGENTC_AUTH.list_apps, add_app, get_upload_link.inspect, outline, read.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | A Agent C — App Store Screenshots | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 69/100 · Great |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Freemium | Not declared |
| Required env vars | AGENTC_KEYAGENTC_AUTH | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 1,040 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 10 | 4 |
| Full listing | View Agent C — App Store Screenshots | View PDF Reader MCP |
list_appsThe user's apps in Agent C, with how many screenshots each has uploaded.add_appAdd an app by its App Store link (imports name, icon, description), or by name if it isn't released yet. Importing a live app takes ~10-30s; poll list_apps until status is 'ready'.get_upload_linkBest way to upload screenshots from files on disk: returns a one-time URL (valid 30 min) to POST the image files to with curl (multipart field 'files', up to 10 per request). Use this instead of upload_screenshots when you have a shell, so large images don't pass through the conversation.upload_screenshotsUpload 1-10 raw screenshots of the app (plain captures of the real UI, ideally 4-10, in the order you'd like them considered). Each item is base64 image data (PNG/JPEG) or a public https URL. By default replaces the app's screenshot library.design_setClaude art-directs a full App Store screenshot set from the uploaded screenshots: opening shot, headline per slide, close-ups, palette. Returns watermarked preview images, the slide list and a link to open it in the Agent C studio. Takes ~40-60 seconds.get_setCurrent slides, unlock status and fresh preview images for a set.edit_setChange one slide (headline, subline, screenshot, layout, position, or remove it), the opening shot, the device size, or the App Store header (header_*). Re-renders previews. Free.unlock_setUnlock clean, full-resolution files for a set. Uses a free unlock if the user has one; otherwise returns a $9.99 Stripe checkout link the USER must open and pay. Studio subscribers are already unlocked. Ask the user before calling.export_setRender the unlocked set at exact App Store pixels without watermark and return download links (valid 7 days). Includes the product page header (3840x1646) and search-results image (3840x2560) when the set has a header.send_to_app_storeUpload the unlocked set into the app's editable version in App Store Connect, replacing that language's screenshots for this device size. Never submits for review. Requires the user to have connected App Store Connect in Agent C. If the app has no editable version, ask the user, then call with create_version=true.inspectDocument and media evidence when Markdown is not enough. video_timeline (bounded scene/cue timeline) and render_frame (actual decoded frames), and cite_check (quote/location support, not semantic truth), are anymd Pro; PDF operations: inspect (page facts, metadata), render_page (PNG images), extract_regions (crop bounding boxes), ocr_pages / analyze_regions (configured OCR or vision provider), structure (JSON with document map, elements, geometry; profile quality|research adds trust and accessibility reports), compare (page-level diff of sources[0] vs sources[1]).outlineReturn a document heading tree with stable node ids, title paths, page/slide/chapter ranges and Markdown byte ranges. PDF bookmarks or detected headings, Word headings, PowerPoint slides, EPUB chapters and headings, HTML and Markdown. format json (default) or tree. Pass a node id to read to fetch that section.readRead any document as clean Markdown: PDF, Word (DOCX), PowerPoint (PPTX), Excel (XLSX/XLS/ODS), CSV, EPUB, HTML or a web URL, Markdown/text, images (metadata + OCR), audio/video (metadata, chapters, subtitles). Pages/slides/sheets carry <!-- page N --> style markers for citation. Long documents stop at max_tokens (default 20000) and end with a cursor to continue; choose pages with pages: "1-5,8". A directory returns its readable files.searchSearch documents for text: one file, many files, whole directories (recursive, .gitignore aware), or URLs, across every format read supports. Returns each hit as file + page/slide/sheet + a snippet with the match in bold. mode auto (default) finds the exact phrase and falls back to BM25-ranked passages when there is none; literal or ranked force one. Narrow directories with glob, e.g. "*.pdf".Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Agent C — App Store Screenshots yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
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"pdf-reader-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@sylphx/anymd"
]
}
}
}